Yin Yoga is a calming, meditative, nurturing, restorative, but also in some ways, a challenging yoga. Most yoga practiced in the West is Yang (or muscular) yin poses reaches deeper, to the tissue's that house the meridians, connective tissue. The slow pace and deep practice which has it's roots in Taoist tradition, is extremely valuable to increase real health, effecting the mobility of the body and encouraging life flow. Yin practice can act as a natural pain reliever, and posture corrector. This practice helps prevent degenerative dis-ease and slows down the aging process. More impressive perhaps, is the effect on the mind and emotions. Yin practice brightens the mood, calms anxiety, clears the mind, enhances will-power as well as reconnects us to our innate goodness and inner wisdom.